[dragon] Re: Monk/Samurai Deck (was Corrupt Crab etc.)

[TaintedTattoo at aol.com]

Yup, if the ruin the region or if you don´t see the region you will probably 
loose to CC if you can´t dishonor them somehow. The deck isn´t an autowin, but 
has pretty good chances.
What I don´t fear is Sneak/Deadly or Sneak/RA. In most cases you have more 
force than your opponent when it comes to the last province in dragon vs CC. 
Deadly would be a bad idea for your opponent. Force is the key, not SupTac. When 
I have 1 SupTac, my opponent probably has 2 terrains, because he draws faster 
than me and is focused on terrains. I can´t beat him on his fate focus (end 
the battle) without loosing my fate focus (win the duel). But I can beat him on 
his dynasty focus (win by force) without loosing to much of my dynasty focus 
(bring things for honor). And till now I haven´t seen a succesfull CC deck with 
Salt the Earth. Even Ruins of Otosan Utchi is rare, but there are 3 Temples 
of the New Tao just to be sure. And keep in mind, even if the Temple just by 
you some time and you can´t reach the 40, you can still dishonor him.
Come on, try it :-)

amanda.martyn at utoronto.ca wrote:


> Ack!
> If you wait for the last province, they'll almost *definitely* have the
> sneak/deadly combo by then.  So you have fall.  If they ruins the temples,
> or have more than one sneak (because they've been saving them up all game)
> you lose right there.
> 
> As for decks that run terrains, Corrupt Crab (which is what we were
> originally talking about beating) and Horde both usually run 6.  And again,
> without shugenja (which is okay because I know, it's the point of the deck),
> night battle is equal to a deadly.
> 
> Amanda
> Hitomi Kuaki


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